I first that to say this has been the most interesting part of this project. My initial thoughts and inspiration for this project was to use the OS X Start Up Chime as a sampled instrument for the bass line. This idea came from an old article Tim Whitwell posted on his informative, no longer … Read More “The Mystery of the Mac Start Up Chime.” »
The Intel Bong. Sorry about the delay, end of the semester and projects are adding up. Ok originally, I wanted to write about the Mac Start Up sound first, but that has turned into an interesting journey unto itself. So I am going to hold off telling about that and start with the Intel Bong … Read More “The Intel Bong” »
Thoughts on I-V-iv-V One reason I wanted to use Pachelbel’s Canon, is because it has a very well known chord progression. The chord progression for Pachelbel’s Canon is I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V. As noted by comedian Rob Paravonian, it could be considered the first pop song. There is some truth to that, because a shortening Pachelbel’s Canon chord … Read More “Thoughts on Pachabel’s Canon” »
So the first thing I needed to do for this project was to get the music for Pachelbel’s Canon. Now, the initial thought was I could get a copy of the sheet music and enter the music myself. However, in the modern age we have the great invention of MIDI so I wondered if there … Read More “The MIDI File” »
CS-585 Final Running Blog This is just to introduce, to anyone interested, this is a reflection blog I will be keeping in part of the requirements for my CS 585 final project. The formal title for the class is “Science Fiction and Computer Ethics”. The class covers a variety of computer ethics issue using science … Read More “Introduction to CS-585 Final Project.” »